RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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Siddhartha’s father wanted him to be a great religious leader so he encouraged him to leave.
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His father kicked him out and said he no longer wanted Siddhartha to be king someday.
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Siddhartha left the palace and saw all the joy in the world. He wanted to be a part of it.
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At age 29, he saw the pain and suffering of the world and was shocked. He left his comfortable life in search of a greater truth.
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to Buddhist tradition, what happened to make Prince Siddhartha Gautama walk away from the comforts of princely life? Siddhartha’s father wanted him to be a great religious leader so he encouraged him to leave.
Detailed explanation-2: -The early Buddhist texts state that Prince Siddhārtha’s motivation in renouncing the palace life was his existential self-examination, being aware that he would grow old, become sick and die. This awareness would also inspire his teachings later, such as on suffering and the Four Noble Truths.
Detailed explanation-3: -The culmination of his search came while meditating beneath a tree, where he finally understood how to be free from suffering, and ultimately, to achieve salvation. Following this epiphany, Gautama was known as the Buddha, meaning the “Enlightened One."
Detailed explanation-4: -During his life, he had experienced intensive pleasure and extreme deprivation but he found that neither extreme brought one to true understanding. He then practiced meditation through deep concentration (Dhyana) under a bodhi tree and found Enlightenment.